She needed to win the WTA Finals and she did. Iga Swiatek is back at number one on the WTA Tour. How will she perform in 2024? Iga Swiatek is back at number one When she gets on a roll, she gets on a roll! For the second consecutive year, Iga finished as WTA World number one after winning 11 matches to win the WTA 1000 in Beijing and the …
Our tennis oracle, Alex Mann, is doing his Masters, but he still had time to write a US Open 2023 Women’s Semi-Finals Predictions. US Open 2023 Women’s Semi-Finals Predictions 128 players entered this year’s women’s tournament. Only four remain. Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka, Karolina Muchova and Madison Keys. Let’s jump into this year’s women’s semi-finals predictions. Aryna Sabalenka (2) vs Madison Keys (17) With Iga Swiatek’s loss to Jelena Ostapenko …
She kind of came out of nowhere to snag the Wimbledon trophy from Ons Jabeur. But who is really Marketa Vondrousova? Marketa Vondrousova Marketa Vondrousova drop-shotted her way to her first major title at this year’s Wimbledon, but who is the cat-loving, tattooed champion? Marketa Vondrousova was born on 28th June 1999 in Sokolov in the Czech Republic. The Czech first picked up a racquet at four, playing with her father, …
Iga Swiatek often seems unbeatable. Bagels and breadsticks. But Muchova wasn’t having any. Still, Swiatek won her 4th Grand Slam title. Iga Swiatek won her 4th Grand Slam This is Swiatek’s 4th grand slam in her young career. She turned 22 less than two weeks ago. But like Alcaraz on the men’s side, she plays a game more mature than her age. She had many points to defend, which meant …
Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka got the two singles titles at the 2023 Australian Open. In the Tennisnerd podcast we say, Congrats Novak and Aryna! Congrats Novak and Aryna! Djokovic winning his 10th Australian Open and 22nd Grand Slam was not a difficult prediction. We got it right in our Australian Open 2023 predictions, but we didn’t quite predict that Aryna Sabalenka would win her first Grand Slam down under. …
The inaugural United Cup takes place in Australia from the 29th of December to the 8th of January. But what is the United Cup? What is the United Cup? The United Cup is a mixed-team competition, sort of like the Hopman Cup. Â The tournament will be played across three cities, Sydney (Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre), Brisbane (Queensland Tennis Centre), and Perth (RAC Arena). Interestingly, the Sydney and Brisbane competitions …
In the last edition of this year’s, This Week in Tennis, let’s round up the ATP Finals. Let’s also look at the Top 10 ATP players 2022. Top 10 ATP Players 2022 It was a sensational sixth title for Novak Djokovic at the ATP Finals as he defeated Casper Ruud, 7-5, 6-3, in Turin, Italy. A close first set saw Djokovic and Ruud battle it out from the back of the …
Prize money in tennis is a hot topic. It has increased over the years, but many would argue not enough for smaller events. Prize money in tennis If we look at the prize money in tennis, it looks like this: Grand Slams 2022 Australian Open: A$33,784,200 French Open: €21,256,80 Wimbledon: £18,652,000 US Open: (not announced yet) Grand Slam singles winners for Wimbledon as an example get £2,000,000 while the runner-up gets …
Alex Mann has written two pieces ahead of the third grand slam of the year. This is his Wimbledon 2022 Women’s Preview. Wimbledon 2022 Women’s Preview by Alex Mann Can Swiatek continue her dominance and add a third major, or will someone finally crack the code and end her 35-match winning streak? The last few weeks of the grass-court season may have given us an indication of who has successfully swapped …
World number one Iga Swiatek leads the field with ten players from the Top 10 at the bett1open in Berlin. Ten players from the top 10 and 17 professionals from the top 20 have entered. “This level of performance makes Berlin the center of the tennis world in mid-June,” says tournament director Barbara Rittner. From June 11 to 19th, the WTA tournament on the spectacularly beautiful grounds of the LTTC …
